Black people, educators, activists, and artists have been doing the work in this country since 1619. It is the least you can do to amplify their work, their words, their activism • Photo ℅ Pacific Press
A Comprehensive List of Resources and Funds to Support the Movement for Black Lives
A comprehensive list of Black Lives Matter and anti-racism resources, including a bail out fund master list to e-mail templates for defunding (and eventually abolishing) the police • Photo by Bettman Archive ℅ Jacobin Magazine
Books, Articles, Films, & Shows by Black and Black Queer Folks
A round-up of educational resources by Black and Black Queer authors, filmmakers, and more • Art ℅ Almila Kakinc, Founder of The Thirlby
Friendship is the Driving Force of New Label Oof Records’ First Compilation
Community is at the heart of the 17-song compilation, bringing a depth of diverse sounds and a broad range of human experiences through the kinship of local and widespread musicians • Album artwork by Noah Kloster with art direction from Ava Mirzadegan and David V. Britton
Camp Thirlby’s Guide to Owning Your Duality this Gemini Season
More than any other sign, Gemini is playful. They possess a childlike ability to explore for exploration’s sake, without tying themselves down by taking anything too seriously. This is their superpower • Exclusive illustration ℅ Annika Bjerke
I Need You So Much Closer: Mates Before Dates
The word intimate often brings to mind a sexual or romantic setting. But to me, friendship is the ultimate form of intimacy • Artist unknown ℅ Pinterest
Camp Thirlby’s Comprehensive Guide to Non-monogamy and Polyamory
a guide rather than a rulebook to polyamory, with information sourced both from professionals and insight from our Camp Thirlby community on their experiences • Photo ℅ Pinterest, source unknown
College During a Crisis: A Lesson in Self-Compassion
The notion that we are somehow supposed to be super productive, learn new skills, and embark on projects we’ve always wanted to try all amidst a pandemic is bullshit • Art ℅ Nakid Magazine
Does Anyone Else Feel Like They’re Overcommunicating?
I didn’t think there was much of a problem until I was waiting to have my third FaceTime call of the day • Photo ℅ Woob
For Your Reflection and a Playlist: Why You So Obsessed with Me?
When one hears the term “obsession,” they usually connote it with the negative — a dictionary calls this thinking “intrusive,” and Mariah Carey sings about a toxic ex in her song that inspired our title . . .
Camp Thirlby’s Guide to Taking the Bull by the Horns this Taurus Season
As the first Earth sign of the new astrological year, Taurus urges us to redefine our relationship with the tangible world • Exclusive illustration ℅ Annika Bjerke
Why You So Obsessed with Me: My Cycle of Self-Awareness, Accountability, and Apologies
I’ll be the first to admit I have an obsessive personality • Art ℅ Nick Santoro
What Charlotte Brontë Has Taught Me About Walking Off Coronavirus Anxieties
Jane Eyre nailed the solitary wanderer role • Still from Jane Eyre (2011), ℅ BBC Films
How the Practice of Dance Keeps My Anxious Thoughts Grounded
Most activities, like searching for jobs and attempting to do anything productive, feel futile, but I realized that my go-to coping mechanism still works wonders — contemporary dance • Art ℅ Brion Nuda Rosch
Why You So Obsessed with Me: Rethinking Envy
We are envious of people we wish we were like, envious of the hair we wish we had, envious of the creativity we wish we possessed • Photo ℅ Mélanie Lehmann
How A Woman Becomes the Burial
What can reading Antigone, in these days of fear and sadness, reveal about performance as survival and of our collective desire for justice? • Photo collage ℅ Jesse Draxler
Inhabiting Internalized Misogyny and Freedom: a Reflection through Quarantine and Crisis
I sit at my desk now, nearly 16 months later, as the world outside fumbles through a global pandemic that has left a seeming collective consciousness sequestered in the domestic • Art source unknown ℅ Pinterest
Why You So Obsessed with Me: Transporting Feelings Again (and Again) Through Film
It’s officially day 24 of quarantine (or whatever day it is, now that you’re reading this), and I plan on watching Portrait of a Lady on Fire later this week — for the sixth time • Film Still ℅ “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
American Dirt Controversy Brings Publishing’s Diversity Problem to Light
“Migrants at the Mexican border were being portrayed as a ‘faceless brown mass.’”
Why You So Obsessed with Me: Teenagehood in Television
If we are constantly striving for ways to maintain our youth, and by extension, our relevance, why is it that the representation of what it is to be a teenager is so dark? • Photo of the Euphoria cast ℅ People Magazine